Stevens Point competing to land manufacturing plant

City leaders won't identify company, industry

9:36 PM,
Feb. 27, 2014

Terry Smith, 53, of Millington, Mich. cuts paneling at the new Service Cold Storage facility in the East Park Commerce Center. The city said Thursday that it is trying to lure another manufacturing company to the business park.

Written by

B.C. Kowalski
Stevens Point Journal Media

City leaders are competing with two other Wisconsin communities to land a manufacturing center that could bring jobs to the region.

Stevens Point Mayor Andrew Halverson said Thursday that managers of the facility are interested in coming to the area, but he declined to identify the company or say what sector of industry it is involved in. He said the company is expected to make its decision by the end of the year.

If the company selected Stevens Point, it would be the second company to make the city's more than 700-acre East Park Commerce Center its home since the park earned state certification ...